[00:02.800]green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew,
[00:06.680]sorry was i love when parting from you,
[00:16.640]but at our next meeting i hope you'll prove true,
[00:24.460]and we'll join the laurel and the violet so blue.
[00:32.280]i once had a sweetheart but now i have none,
[00:38.970]he's gone and he's left me to weep and to mourn,
[00:48.260]he's gone and he's left me for other to see,
[00:55.910]i'll soon find another far better than he.
[01:12.340]he passes my window both early and late,
[01:20.720]and the looks that he gives me would make my heart break,
[01:29.520]the looks that he gives me a thousand would kill,
[01:36.130]though he hates and detests me i love that lad still.
[01:44.780]i wrote him a letter in red rosy lines,
[01:51.560]he wrote back an answer all twisted and twined,
[02:01.200]saying keep your love letters and i'll keep mine,
[02:07.970]you write to your love and i'll write to mine.
[02:20.820]now often i wonder why maidens love men,
[02:58.300]and often i wonder why young men love then,
[03:06.820]but from my own knoeledge i will have you know,
[03:13.680]the men are deceivers wherever they go.
[03:22.640]green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew,
[03:30.690]sorry was i love when parting from you,
[03:38.490]but at our next meeting i hope you'll prove true,
[03:45.700]and we'll join the green laurel and the violet so blue